Peters retirement scrambles Michigan Senate race for Democrats
Michigan Sen. Gary Peters’s (D) unexpected decision to not seek another term in 2026 has scrambled what was already expected ...
US Senate panel to vote on RFK Jr.'s health secretary nomination
A U.S. Senate committee will vote Tuesday on whether to advance President Donald Trump's nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Senate Finance Committee Set to Vote on RFK Jr. Nomination
The committee's chairman announced that the vote on RFK Jr.'s nomination to be secretary of health and human services is set ...
Behind Mitch McConnell's Supreme Court engineering
The former Senate leader's 2016 move to block Merrick Garland's nomination was a "total concoction to give the gloss of ...
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Virginia House, Senate budgets urge $1.1 billion in one-time tax rebates
The House of Delegates and Senate are presenting a united front in pending budget negotiations with Gov. Glenn Youngkin on ...
Liberal Senate candidate denies branch stacking claims after surviving vote to be disendorsed
The Liberal Party's lead Senate candidate for the ACT has broken his silence over allegations of branch stacking, after a ...
Graham says RFK Jr. ‘will implement a pro-life agenda’ as HHS secretary
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday he’s confident Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the ...
Trump and allies make more moves to wrest control of USAID
The move by the Trump administration comes as billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk has been denigrating USAID, the world’s ...
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he was "not particularly happy" with RFK Jr.'s performance at hearings, citing "deep concerns"
Sen. Bernie Sanders argued that "the conspiracy theories" that Robert F. Kennedy has entertained are "not unlike what we're ...
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Energy bills approved by Senate committee
The Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved two energy-related bills sponsored by state Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Township, chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy ...
Women represent half of the U.S. But they sometimes lack clout in budget and tax talks
Last year, when 31% of state lawmakers nationwide were women, they held about 30% of the seats on committees overseeing taxes ...
USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s director of security and his deputy were placed on administrative leave ...